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July 21, 2013

Fukushima steam still baffling: TEPCO
Tokyo (AFP) July 19, 2013
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Friday it still did not know what caused steam seen inside a reactor building, nor why it was no longer there. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) spotted water vapour around the fifth floor of the building housing the badly-damaged Reactor 3 on Thursday. The company said it was looking at the possibility that accumulated rainwater had been the cause, but admitted Friday it still did not know for sure. TEPCO, which has faced repeated cri ... read more

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Japan's former premier sues PM Abe Japan's premier at the time of the Fukushima crisis said Tuesday he was suing the current prime minister for defamation over online comments about the way the emergency was handled. ... more		China cancels plans for uranium plant China has canceled a proposed $6 billion nuclear fuel processing project in the Southeast, following protests against the facility. ... more		NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from space Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence deal		Japan atomic watchdog suspects Fukushima ocean leak Japan's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday the crippled Fukushima reactors are very likely leaking highly radioactive substances into the Pacific Ocean. ... more
				Planned China nuclear plant axed after protest: report Plans for a nuclear processing plant in southern China have been cancelled, media reported Saturday, following the latest in a series of protests that reveal growing environmental concerns in the country. ... more		Radioactivity found in Swiss lake near nuclear plant: report Scientists have discovered a radioactive substance in sediment under a Swiss lake used for drinking water and situated near a nuclear plant, the Le Matin Dimanche weekly reported Sunday. ... more

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India's protest-hit nuclear plant to generate power: reports India's largest nuclear plant, dogged by violent protests and multiple delays, has commenced operations to start generating electricity, reports said Sunday. ... more		Distant quakes trigger tremors at US waste-injection sites Large earthquakes from distant parts of the globe are setting off tremors around waste-fluid injection wells in the central United States, says a new study. Furthermore, such triggering of minor qua ... more		Collision of equal sized bodies may explain Mercurys unique composition Gravitino emerges as contender in dark matter search Molecular 'fossils' offer microscopic clues to the origins of life - but they take care to interpret		Fukushima leaking radioactive water into sea? Comments by the head of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority indicate the Fukushima nuclear plant may have leaked contaminated water into the sea for two years. ... more
				Fukushima radioactive groundwater readings rocket Toxic radioactive substances in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have rocketed over the past three days, its Japanese operator said Tuesday, admitting it did not know where the leak was coming from. ... more		Japan nuclear operators ask to restart reactors Japanese power companies on Monday asked for permission to restart 10 nuclear reactors, a move that could presage a widespread return to atomic energy more than two years after the Fukushima disaster. ... more

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Japan PM to tout nuclear exports at central Europe summit

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Glitch-hit US nuclear plant shut down for good

Japan PM to step up nuclear export drive: report

S. Korea's top nuclear plant operator sacked

Japan's Fukushima operator admits culpability in suicide

Australia seeks to boost uranium sector

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